Fri Dec 01 2023

48 articles - From Friday Nov 24 2023 to Friday Dec 01 2023

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Guidelines

Guidelines and related publications, position statements, white papers, technical reviews, consensus statements, etc…

J Crohns Colitis

A Core Outcome Set for inflammatory bowel diseases: development and recommendations for implementation in clinical practice through an international multi-stakeholder consensus process.

A COS for IBD, including a recommendation for use in clinical practice, was defined. Implementation of this set will start in Vienna, Berlin, Barcelona, Leuven and Rotterdam, empowering patients to better manage their care. Additional centres will follow worldwide.

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Meta-analysis

meta-analyses and systematic reviews

Liver Transpl

The incidence of adverse outcome in donors after living-donor liver transplantation: A meta-analysis of 60,829 donors.

Interpretation This study presents the incidence of post-LDLT outcomes in living liver donors, illustrating significant psychological, wound-related, and respiratory complications. While significant advancements in recent decades have contributed towards decreased morbidity in living donors, our findings call for targeted measures and continued efforts to ensure the safety and quality of life of liver donors post LDLT.

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Pancreatology

Pancreatic resection for metastasis from renal cell carcinoma: A single institution experience and meta-analysis of survival outcomes.

Pancreatectomy for RCC metastasis is associated with acceptable short-term clinical and promising long-term survival outcomes. Considering the rarity of the entity, escalation of level of evidence in this context is challenging.

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Original articles

RCT, clinical trials, retrospective studies, etc…

Am J Clin Nutr

Associations of infant feeding practices with abdominal and hepatic fat measures in childhood in the longitudinal Healthy Start Study.

The timing of introduction and quality of complementary foods in infancy was associated with abdominal and hepatic fat accrual during childhood. Experimental studies are needed to assess underlying mechanisms.

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Effect of an Asian-adapted Mediterranean diet and pentadecanoic acid on fatty liver disease: The TANGO randomized controlled trial.

Mild weight loss induced by a Mediterranean-like diet adapted for Asians has multiple beneficial health effects in women with NAFLD. C15 0 supplementation lowers LDL-cholesterol and may cause beneficial shifts in gut microbiome. Registration clinicaltrials.gov, NCT05259475.

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The sulfur microbial diet and risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a prospective gene-diet study from the UK Biobank (The sulfur microbial diet and NAFLD).

The sulfur microbial diet had adverse associations with incident NAFLD, particularly in those at a higher genetic risk. Our study may provide evidence on the role of sulfur-metabolizing bacteria in the diet-NAFLD association.

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Inflamm Bowel Dis

Altered Bile Acid and Pouch Microbiota Composition in Patients With Chronic Pouchitis.

Pouch microbiota a- and ß-diversity differed among patients with normal pouch, chronic pouchitis, and chronic pouchitis/primary sclerosing cholangitis. Lithocholic acid level and primary to secondary bile acid ratio were highly associated with pouch microbiota richness, structure, and composition. These findings emphasize the associations between pouch microbiota and bile acid composition in dysbiosis and altered metabolism, suggesting that secondary bile acids are decreased in chronic pouchitis.

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Automatic Segmentation and Radiomics for Identification and Activity Assessment of CTE Lesions in Crohn's Disease.

The automated segmentation model accurately segments CD lesions, and machine learning classifier distinguishes CD activity well. This method can assist radiologists in promptly and precisely evaluating CD activity.

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Clusters of Disease Activity and Early Risk Factors of Clinical Course of Pediatric Crohn's Disease.

During the first 5 years of follow-up, one-third of children with CD experience a quiescent course. However, another one-third have a moderate-to-severe disease course. Surgery at the diagnosis is related to a quiescent course, while growth impairment and lack of response to induction therapy correlate with more severe disease activity during follow-up.

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Differential Impact of Smoking on Methylome and Transcriptome in Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.

Our findings suggest both common and differential effects of cigarette smoking on CD and UC. Paneth cell dysfunction may mediate adverse impact of smoking on CD. Bile acid and oxidative stress pathways may be relevant for the differential effect of smoking on CD and UC.

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Early Intestinal Ultrasound Predicts Clinical and Endoscopic Treatment Response and Demonstrates Drug-Specific Kinetics in Moderate-to-Severe Ulcerative Colitis.

BWT and color Doppler signal predicted endoscopic targets already after 6 weeks of treatment and response was drug specific. IUS allows close monitoring of treatment in UC and is a surrogate marker of endoscopy.

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M1 and M2 Macrophages Differentially Regulate Colonic Crypt Renewal.

These findings highlight the importance of understanding distinct cellular interactions and direct dialogue between cells and increase our understanding of the contribution of different immune cell subtypes on crypt cell biology during inflammation.

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Pediatric IBD Patients Treated With Infliximab and Proactive Drug Monitoring Benefit From Early Concomitant Immunomodulatory Therapy: A Retrospective Analysis of a 10-Year Real-Life Cohort.

Early IMM combo-therapy in proactively monitored patients with pIBD significantly prolonged the median LOR free interval compared with late/short or no IMM treatment.

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J Crohns Colitis

Histologic image-based ensemble model to identify myenteric plexitis and predict endoscopic postoperative recurrence in Crohn's disease: a multicentre, retrospective study.

Our work initially established an interpretable stacking model based on muscular layer and myenteric plexus features extracted from histologic images to identify the severity of myenteric plexitis and predict postoperative recurrence of CD.

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Impact of Concomitant Thiopurine on the Efficacy and Safety of Filgotinib in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis: Post hoc Analysis of the Phase 2b/3 SELECTION Study.

The efficacy and safety profiles of filgotinib treatment in SELECTION did not differ with or without concomitant IM use.

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Impact of Maternal Smoking, Offspring Smoking, and Genetic Susceptibility on Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.

Our prospective cohort study provides evidence that MSDP increases the risk of CD in adult offspring, whereas no evidence supports their causal association. Additionally, smoking and genetic susceptibility had a numerically amplified effect with MSDP on CD and UC, but the interaction lacked statistical significance.

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Improved clinical outcomes with early anti-tumour necrosis factor alpha therapy in children with newly diagnosed Crohn's disease: real world data from the international prospective PIBD-SETQuality inception cohort study.

In this cohort of children with newly-diagnosed CD, early anti-TNF demonstrated superior effectiveness in high-risk patients.

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The clinical relevance of an inflamed appendix in Crohn's disease.

The current study could not confirm a different prognosis for CD patients with and without an inflamed appendix. In contrast, in patients with a previous appendectomy a trend was seen towards increased postoperative recurrence, which might be related to the higher incidence of penetrating disease.

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The role of platelets and von Willebrand factor in the procoagulant phenotype of inflammatory bowel disease.

Platelets and VWF (including its active form) appear to be central players in the procoagulant phenotype in IBD. We observed that the role of VWF in hemostasis differs from its role in colic tissue healing, potentially opening new therapeutic avenues for a life-threatening complication in IBD patients.

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Liver Transpl

Improved outcomes of kidney-after-liver transplantation after the implementation of the safety net policy.

This 3-year follow-up after the 2017 UNOS policy revision demonstrated that the safety net implementation has resulted in improved liver outcomes for KALT patients with no increased AR of the liver or the kidney allografts.

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Reexamining "Psychosocial clearance": A procedural framework for psychosocial evaluation in liver transplantation.

While the clinical domains of a LT psychosocial evaluation have been well-described, few articles analyze the procedures by which teams determine candidates' "psychosocial clearance" and no conceptual frameworks exist. This article proposes a framework of core domains of psychosocial evaluation procedures, common pitfalls, and practical improvement strategies.

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Robotic and laparoscopic right lobe living donation compared to the open approach. a multicenter study on 1194 donor hepatectomies.

Despite an increased operative and the first warm ischemia times, this approach is associated with reduced intraoperative blood losses and pain compared to the laparoscopic and open approaches. Further data are needed to confirm it as a valuable option for the laparoscopic approach in MIDH.

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Transplant selection simulation: Liver transplantation for alcohol-associated hepatitis.

In this simulation of LT for AH using a democratic process of selection, we demonstrate its potential as a learning model to evaluate the accuracy of psychosocial scores in predicting post-LT relapse and the concordance of majority voting with post-LT outcomes. Provider definitions of "success" in LT for AH have shifted towards patient-centered outcomes.

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Pancreas

A Shift Toward Early Oral Feeding in Acute Pancreatitis.

More AP patients were initiated on early oral feeding in the period following the publication of the AGA guidelines. Opioid analgesics use, pancreatic necrosis, and organ failure were associated with delayed oral feeding.

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Combination of Serum CA 19-9 and Endoscopic Ultrasound Findings Can Predict Malignancy Risk in Patients With Chronic Pancreatitis Presenting With Pancreatic Head Mass: A Proof-of-Concept Study.

Combination of CA 19-9 and EUS best identifies malignancy risk in patients with IMP, who have otherwise benign course.

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Elucidating the Role of miRNA-326 Modulating Hedgehog Signaling in Pancreatic Carcinoma.

Taken together, miR-326 acts as a tumor suppressor in PDAC by modulating Hh pathway. It may be a promising target for the development of efficient drug therapies for the treatment of PDAC.

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Evaluation of a Novel Easy Loop-Forming Guidewire to Reduce Post-Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Pancreatitis for Serial Pancreatic Juice Aspiration Cytologic Examination: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis.

The use of the novel easy loop-forming guidewire decreased PEP occurrence in patients who underwent endoscopic nasopancreatic drainage tube placement for SPACE.

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Noninvasive Computed Tomography-Based Deep Learning Model Predicts In Vitro Chemosensitivity Assay Results in Pancreatic Cancer.

Our CT patch-based DL model exhibited high predictive performance in projecting HDRA results. Our study suggests that the DL approach could possibly provide a noninvasive means for the optimization of chemotherapy.

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Real-World Patient Experience With Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy in the Treatment of Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency.

This study reveals potential barriers to effective treatment of EPI with PERT, including lack of patient education, mainly how and when to take PERT, gaps in appropriate dosing, and lack of patient follow-up. Continued focus on patient and provider education is essential to address these gaps and optimize the treatment of EPI.

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Ultrasonographic Features of Nonneoplastic Protrusions in Pancreatic Cysts by Contrast-Enhanced Endoscopic Ultrasound.

Pancreatic cyst protrusions with a hyperechoic surface layer on BM-EUS are suggestive of nonneoplastic disease.

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Pancreatology

Association between unstable diabetes mellitus and risk of pancreatic cancer.

Deterioration in glycaemic control in people with previously stable diabetes may be an indicator of pancreatic cancer, suggesting investigations of the pancreas may be appropriate. The weaker longer-term (3-7 years) association between diabetes deterioration and pancreatic cancer may indicate that poor glycaemic control can be a risk factor for pancreatic cancer.

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Factors predictive of hospital length of stay in patients with an index episode of acute necrotizing pancreatitis.

We demonstrate that multiple factors including delayed transfers to hospitals with pancreaticobiliary expertise lead to increased length of hospitalization. We suggest various strategies that can be considered to target those gaps and may have a favorable effect on LOS.

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Novel treatment system using endoscopic ultrasound-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound: A proof-of-concept study.

The concept of transluminal HIFU ablation using novel EUS-HIFU system was proved in a porcine animal model. This novel treatment system has great potential for future cancer treatment although further investigation in more animals and different organs are warranted.

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P-suPAR may reflect the inflammatory response after pancreatic surgery.

After pancreatic surgery, P-suPAR level on POD 1 is significantly lower in patients with POPF, POAP or SSI. P-suPAR is decreased after pancreatic resection in al patients. This type of postoperative P-suPAR profile has not previously been described, and may reflect the compensatory anti-inflammatory reaction following the initial systemic inflammatory reaction caused by surgical trauma.

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Post-pancreatectomy acute pancreatitis after pancreatoduodenectomy: Analysis of a clinically-relevant complication in a single-center retrospective study.

PPAP represents a relevant complication after PD. Its risk factors are similar to those for CR-POPF, while anticoagulants could represent a possible prevention strategy.

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Real-time fluorescence imaging with indocyanine green during laparoscopic duodenum-preserving pancreatic head resection.

The ICG fluorescence imaging technology in LDPPHR helps protect the integrity of the common bile duct and reduce the occurrence of intraoperative bile duct injury, postoperative bile leakage, and bile duct stenosis.

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The relationship between observation interval and prognosis in pancreatic cancer concomitant with intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasia.

In OI 6 months or less, the rate of resectable PC was high, however, the rate of early PC was almost the same as that of OI more than 6 months. Approximately 10 % of cases found in the advanced stage with metastasis even if OI 6 months or less.

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Reviews&Editorials

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Miscellaneous

misc publications eg case reports, tools of the trade, images of the month, etc…

Inflamm Bowel Dis

A Case of Stricturing Crohn's Disease Treated With Multiple Session Balloon Dilatation and Self-Expandable Metal Stent.

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HLA-DQA1*05 Not Associated With Ustekinumab Loss of Response and Antidrug Antibodies in Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease Patients.

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Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Is Moving to Online Only Publication.

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Machine Learning and Radiomics: Changing the Horizon of Crohn's Disease Assessment.

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Liver Transpl

Freedom isn't free: Assessing the risks and benefits of steroid-free immunosuppression regimens in pediatric liver transplantation in a real world setting.

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Outcome of living-donor liver transplantation for patients older than age 70 years, with respect to preserved performance status and graft quality.

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Outcomes using steatotic liver grafts: Will machines score the final goal?

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Policy corner: Cholangitis exception update.

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Weighing in on organ allocation for tweens.

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Pancreas

Pancreatic Gangliocytic Paraganglioma: A Rare Neuroendocrine Neoplasm: Case Report and Literature Review.

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Valentino's Syndrome-A Rare Complication of Pancreatic Stent Migration.

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Letters&Replies

Letters to the editors and authors’ replies